[Brad]

Originally Posted by nexialys

forget the search engine, this is a crap... (and NO, this is not the original from vB... it was hacked to hell)

There are *small* modifications made to it but for the most part it's the same code that came with 3.0.x by default. We've simply outgrown the default method of searching (vB building the search index by itself).

The script throws this error simply because it runs out of memory (a php limit, the memory is there hardware wise but php can only use so much of it at any given time). When we upgrade it'll be fixed, for now you should try using less common terms in your search queries and only search a limited number of forums instead of the entire board in one shot.